Satpal was born as the eldest son of Hans Maharaj, a spiritual guru, and his second wife, Rajeshwari Devi, in a small town named Kankhal in Haridwar district.

He has opened multiple non-profit clinics and brought other important services to the people of remote areas, who do not have access to government programs due to their geographical conditions.

He founded Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti with the motive of preaching the meditation techniques called "Knowledge".

He is connected to the motive of building a better, healthy, and contented society and has made many efforts to this end, as listed below: Shri Satpal Maharaj Ji has undertaken many social initiatives by the means of the MUSS.

Under this initiative, the aim is to create a value system amongst the students of well-to-do families to care for the underprivileged and donate the excess of their stuff.

[21] He brought a private member's bill to include Garhwali and Kumaoni language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India.

According to Maharaj, the president of Peru will visit Uttarakhand in January to explore the possibilities and economic opportunities here.

Besides this Uttarakhand will also import seeds of Peru's native protein-rich high altitude cereal crop Quinoa to cultivate it here.[23][24]1.

On 17 October 2011, he delivered a speech at 66th United Nations General Assembly session held in New York City on the topic "Sport for Peace and Development".

On 19 October 2011, he presented the statement by India in the First Committee Thematic Debate on Conventional Weapons at 66th United Nations General Assembly session held in New York City.